The goat didn’t come along easily

The goat didn’t come along easily

posted on 7 Jan 2014 in Engrish from Other Countries, Menus

Hoisted by his own croutons, ouch…

Photo courtesy of Tom Gaulton.
Menu found in a Paris restaurant.  

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algernon
algernon
10 years ago

Norman the Frog and Poppy the snail. All the food has names!

algernon
algernon
10 years ago

I forgot Rusty the Fish but the salmon is just a fresh goat

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
10 years ago

It’s ‘flog’, not ‘frog’ – they should at least use basic Engrish spelling

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

Next time I need to go through snails I’ll try going by poppy.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

Everybody sold off the stock of the rusty limited company, so now the fish soup is all they can get.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

Fresh goat tackle must be the local version of prairie oysters.

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
10 years ago

– Waiter! My thigh of frog has the Roman!

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

Hang in there, Norm! I called the fire department, they’ll rescue you from that thigh of frog.

Big Fat Cat
Big Fat Cat
10 years ago

Thigh of Frog has the Norman but the Allies wanted Normandy back.

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
10 years ago

Mmmm… Snailpoopies! *slurps*

jjhitt
jjhitt
10 years ago

Bates Motel now offers room service.

Peter
Peter
10 years ago

This is what happens when you outsource translation to a Chinese company.

mickeygreeneyes
mickeygreeneyes
10 years ago

The French, they are a funny race.

mickeygreeneyes
mickeygreeneyes
10 years ago

Poppy, don’t go through all those snails. Mommy says she wants some.

DrLex
DrLex
10 years ago

Tackling goats is not cool.

Sparky
Sparky
10 years ago

……….suddenly realizing his error, Norman knew he didn’t have a leg to stand on.

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
10 years ago

– Waiter? My flog said ‘libbit’!
– Impossible, Sir. This is labbit.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

Even the French version looks like it may have been made in China. 😕

Chuck
Chuck
10 years ago

This is proof that the French don’t hate the English.
Why else would they have made this menu more enjoyable than the food !

Chuck
Chuck
10 years ago

Bone appetite !

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

@Sparky: We need a Farside comic panel to go with that caption!

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
10 years ago

Translation is made at chef

alexmagnus
alexmagnus
10 years ago

The endless screw by the Franglish company goes on and on…

Marum
Marum
10 years ago

God. If one had goat tackle, the girls would have to watch out.

Marum
Marum
10 years ago

Australians appear to have trouble with poison fish in Asia.

Lora
Lora
10 years ago

Norman treated frogs the way he treated women… he’d always go straight for their thighs.

His friend Choco Lott, on the other hand, would only go straight *to* a women’s thighs! 🙂

Marum
Marum
10 years ago

Q. How do you make your lover stand on tippy toes?

A. Get the goat tackle transplant.

WorrierPrincess
WorrierPrincess
10 years ago

Colour of frog has the Yoda.

Lollerskate
Lollerskate
10 years ago

GOAT used TACKLE!

Wild SALMON has fainted!

Marum
Marum
10 years ago

That’s only the foreplay. (entrée)

Just wait for the main course.

Marum
Marum
10 years ago

Poopy snails?
Yes. They forgot to put them in bran overnight.

Someone
Someone
10 years ago

These goats are so fresh, they can still tackle you!

Jøshua
Jøshua
10 years ago

For once I can read the untranslated part. This falls under “Patoooh! I speeet on yur Engleeesh!”

Marvac
Marvac
10 years ago

Ok got it. “sa rouille”

S.A. = Société anonyme (limited corporation)

sa = its

rouille = rusty, rust-colored. Also, a rust-colored, garlicky sauce that goes with fish soup.

Biff the Understudy
Biff the Understudy
10 years ago

Norman, have you been into the frogs again?

Jack
Jack
10 years ago

*sigh* William the Conqueror, he beat the Anglo-Saxons, only to be captured and defeated by a frog’s thigh.

Lucano
Lucano
9 years ago

poor norman. no one could save him anymore from the giant, tentacled eldritch abomination of the frog’s leg.

Myself
7 years ago

The way “rusty limited company” got its way onto the menu (“sa rouille” means “garlic sauce” in this context but also means “its rust” literally; “S.A.” is how the French equivalent of a limited company is abbreviated) reminds me of a mistake a friend of mine once made at school in France: they said, in a history presentation,
“L’empire romain a été fondé en 27 Colombie-Britannique.”
See the fabulous mistake, Francophones?

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